Sentence examples for hung on a thread from inspiring English sources
A magnetic needle, hung on a thread or placed on a pivot, assumes of its own accord a position in which one end of the needle points north and the other south.
It's people whose self-respect hangs on a thread, or hangs solely on the views of others, who get upset at the tiniest slight, even if it's not intended.
The possibility of denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula hangs on a thread – a return to threat and counter-threat is an ever-present danger, with potentially catastrophic consequences.
Our failed relationships, terrible jobs and bad holidays reflect our characters and the reality of our lives at least as much as the good times, which often hang on a thread.
A very loose tooth can become stubborn and hang on a thread of gum for weeks.
Even the survivors hang on by a thread.
"We'll continue to hang on by a thread".
Her voice hung on a raspy thread.
His ankle hung on by a thread after he dislocated it in a Golden West League opener at Segerstrom.
But even then a result can hang on a thin thread.
A co-author of the study, Rolf O. Peterson, a research professor at Michigan Technological University, said that the population of Isle Royale hangs on by a thread, as it has for decades.
